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Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in bats, Saudi Arabia

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in bats, Saudi Arabia

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_684895ed37b342d79fc2e39f12456d15

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in bats, Saudi Arabia

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Full title

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in bats, Saudi Arabia

Publisher

United States: U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases

Journal title

Emerging infectious diseases, 2013-11, Vol.19 (11), p.1819-1823

Language

English

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Publisher

United States: U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases

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Scope and Contents

Contents

The source of human infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus remains unknown. Molecular investigation indicated that bats in Saudi Arabia are infected with several alphacoronaviruses and betacoronaviruses. Virus from 1 bat showed 100% nucleotide identity to virus from the human index case-patient. Bats might play a role in human...

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Full title

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in bats, Saudi Arabia

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_684895ed37b342d79fc2e39f12456d15

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_684895ed37b342d79fc2e39f12456d15

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ISSN

1080-6040

E-ISSN

1080-6059

DOI

10.3201/eid1911.131172

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